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2 marksPublic Economics › Taxation: incidence and efficiency › Progressive, proportional and regressive taxesEasyabout 1 min

UGC-NET 2024 Question 22: Taxation: incidence and efficiency

When with the increase in income, the percentage of income as tax falls, it is called

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This question is on Progressive, proportional and regressive taxes, part of Taxation: incidence and efficiency in Public Economics.

How the burden of a tax changes with income, measured by average and marginal tax rates.

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